I love this kind of stuff....(back to ranting)

So has anyone watched the movie "An Inconvenient Truth"?

In it, champion of the blue planet, Al Gore (and inventor of the internet too isn't he?) lectures that our current energy use is causing a dramatic increase in the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. He builds a case that the level of carbon dioxide is directly related to the global temperature, and we will melt the ice caps, cease the ocean currents, flood a gazillion miles of prime real estate, and plunge us back into another ice age at our current pace. Basically, if you've seen "The Day After Tomorrow" that's what will happen if he's not voted president when he announces he'll run.

Anyways the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has published the following on it's web site.

Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average

Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.

Like i said... I love this kind of stuff.